He didn't say the 00's are nearly over, he said 'the' decade is nearly over, as in the first decade of 21st century. It started on 1st January 2001 and ends on 31st December 2010.
Unless you don't follow the internationally accepted standard Gregorian calendar.
The Gregorian calendar system does not reference decades. I think you are confusing the Proleptic Gregorian Calendar(retrospective to 1582) with the current, in relation to the Gregorian origin that year 1 AD which follows year 1 BC is the start of the calendar system thus the confusion of when centuries end. This confusion actually stems from the Julian and Roman method of counting the current year in recitations. Eg: we are in our 2011th year. Because we no longer do that in modern counting and also because it makes us older than we really are, the modern norm is 0-9 = the decade set and not 1-0.
As for a decade it is a modern reference for that to default to the years 0-9 inclusive of a tens group. EG: 60s, or Naughties.
Reference: Wikipedia, and my head, and Calculator on WB1.3.
BTW, And back on topic, I got back into Amiga in the Mid Naughties after dropping off in 98. I also headed up the greenfields setup of a new businesses IT from scratch in 02-03. That was fun. Now I just tell other people how to do it and keep them on the rails when they start straying..
